The 21^st Century Magazine,
at South Florida's www.miami-dade-online.com.

This stone was placed in 1787 and the man buried had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as indicated by the small, circular monument with the flags.

The headstones were mostly simple statements with the names, dates of birth and death and often the ages. Many had images that were either angels or suns with wings. Many others had a willow type tree with an urn or the urn alone as the image.

Some headstones stood alone with no apparent family nearby. Others were buried, one generation after another, side-by-side.

One man had four wives. The first three to the left were wives 1-3. Then came the groom. The last one, to the far right, was of his last wife.

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